NEWS OF THE WEEK Interesting Items From Across the World
Brief world round up notes President Castro of Venezuela in critical condition Henry Watterson and Mrs Watterson in Barcelona for a month L Klopsch helps famine relief and other items: Ecuador elects Alfaro and Watchorn foresees 1 050 000 aliens landing this year Mining and railway news fraud trials and criminal cases, mine accidents, and various political appointments in the United States and abroad.
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Castro
Venezuela
Henry Watterson
Watterson
Louisville
Barcelonia
Spain
L. Klopsch
The
Christian Herald
Roosevelt
Gov. Hoch
Kansas
Orrin Beauchamp
Gen. Alfaro
Ecuador
Watchorn
Hicks
Bakersfield
Cal
Susan Caldwell
Salina
Kaw
James Bryce
Washington
Martin B. Dunbar
Fourth Infantry
War Department
England
Life-Saving Service Reports Vast Saves and Costs
Congressional summary shows 849 marine disasters in US waters with 29 lives lost and 5,320 imperiled. 278 life-saving stations aided 397 vessels. $12,266,100 property saved, $2,775,040 lost. San Francisco crews aided after the April earthquake and fire. seven lifeboats upgraded with gasoline engines. annual cost $1,832,465. retirement for disabled personnel urged.
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Washington
Life Corps
Kimball
United States
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Ohio River
Nome
Alaska
San Francisco
Denver January Livestock Convention Opens With Major Show
Denver hosts the American National Live Stock Association meeting in January with a large stock and horse show. The program includes the Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers convention, Western Live Stock show at Union stockyards, and daily judging sessions followed by cattle sales. Notable events span January 20 to 30 with multiple associations also meeting.
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Denver
American National Live Stock Association
Colorado Forestry Association
Colorado Beekeepers’ Association
State Horticultural Association
National Dry Farming Congress
Colorado Honey Producers’ Association
Colorado Florists’ Association
Farmer's Congress
Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Albany Hotel
Convention Hall
American Live Stock Association
Broadway Theater
Union Stockyards
Agricultural College
Boiler Inspection Report Shows No Explosions in State
Charlies Taylor, state boiler inspector, submitted the eighteenth annual report to Governor McDonald. From December 1, 1905, to November 30, 1906, 1,112 boilers were inspected with fees collected and certificates issued for that number. No explosions occurred, but many boilers were found defective and repairs ordered. five boilers were condemned. Taylor notes the shift to higher pressure toward no net increase in boilers in use.
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Denver
Charlies Taylor
McDonald
Taylor
Wild Hotel Fire Sparks Escape of Twenty Women in Denver
Alarm at the Albany hotel on 1737 California street sent twenty young women staff members fleeing in night robes to the street. They dashed barefoot into the cold air, left belongings behind as most perished, and were sheltered by the Denver Waiters' Club across the street until the blaze was controlled.
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Denver
Albany
California Street
Denver Waiters’ Club
Teachers Meet in Largest Colorado Association Session
The thirty second annual Colorado Teachers Association opened at East Denver High School with a record enrollment, nearly 2000, including teachers from most towns. Gov. Jesse F. McDonald welcomed attendees as Prof. George E. Vincent of Chicago University delivered lectures on education and efficiency.
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Denver
Colorado Teachers’ Association
East Denver
Great Assembly
General Association
George E. Vincent
Bedlam
Denver High School
Educational Council
Annie B. Hyde
Wilberforce J. Whiteman
Jesse F. McDonald
Henry A. Buchtel
University of Denver
Robert R. Speer
A. J. Spengel
Chamber of Commerce
Katherin Craig
George E Vincent
Chicago University
Vincent
Van Wyks File Insurance Claim in Denver Suit
Attorneys Isaac Pelton and R D Rees filed suit in District Court for Wourtje Van Wyk against State Life Insurance Company of Indiana seeking 5000 on Gerrette Haast life policy. Haast died between December 28 and 31 last year. Suit timed within a year of Haast's death per policy requirements.
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Denver
Isaac Pelton
R. D. Rees
Wourtje van Wyk
State Life Insurance Company of
Indiana
Gerrette Haast
Rees
Mrs Van Wyk Granted Bail In Denver Case
Denver report says Mrs. Van Wyk's bond was accepted and she was released. Her husband will be jailed in Denver and depart by train at 7:30 tomorrow morning.
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Denver
Wray
van Wyk
Admiral Nebogatoff Sentenced for Sea of Japan Surrender
The St. Petersburg court martial verdicts on Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and 78 officers condemn Nebogatoff and three ship commanders to death but seek commutation to ten years in a fortress. Four officers receive shorter fortress terms, others are acquitted. trial began December 5. Commutation requests will go to Emperor Nicholas.
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St. Petersburg
Nebogatoff
Nicholas
Navy
Neboxatoff
Bedovi
Farmers Congress of Colorado Called to Meet in Denver
The second annual Farmers Congress of Colorado will convene at 10 a.m. on Thursday January 24 in the Denver chamber of commerce. Delegates from local farms are urged to attend as state legislation topics include railway commission law a state immigration bureau animal quarantine amendments and a pure food law. Special rates apply to Colorado farmers joining in Denver for the week’s livestock show and other agricultural meetings. J E Church president and Clarence A Lyman secretary.
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Joseph S. Kerns
Great Bend
Kan
Madame Gould
Boni de Castellane
State Department
Panther
Bremen
Hitchcock and
Wilson
Senate
Indian Territory
W. T. Scoville
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Rock Island
Hutchinson
Pullman
Charles Fremont Cochran
Fourth
Missouri
Congress
St. Joseph
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brownsville
Tex
Roosevelt
Charles C. McCabe
Methodist Church
New York
Breese-Trenton
Carlyle
Ill
Agricultural Department
Gov. Higgins
Albert Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Texas
M. E. & T. Railway
Bartlett Richards
Will G. Comstock
C. C. Jameson
Spade
Nebraska
Omaha
Tams Bisby
Five Civilized Tribes
Washington
Europe
France
Vatican
Paris
Edgar B. Macklin
Company C
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Reno
Standard Oil Company
Trust
St. Louis
Washburn College
Topeka
Nebogatoff
Rose
Wichita
Kano
Coleman
Raisali
Tangier
Morocco
Netherlands
Algeciras
Denver
Farmers’ Congress of Colorado
Chamber of Commerce
Jane
Farmers of Colorado
Railway Commission
State Bureau of Immigration
State Agricultural College
Colorado
J. E. Church
Clarence A. Lyman
Fire destroys Ernest and Cranmer building in Denver
A Christmas fire raged for nearly five hours on the three upper floors of the Ernest and Cranmer building at Seventeenth and Curtis, causing about 150000 in damage. The building loss is 50000 with most remaining losses insured. Defective wiring caused the blaze. no injuries, but libraries and records were heavily damaged.
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Denver
Ernest & Cranmer
Seventeenth
Curtis Streets
Success of Indian Schools in Washington
Annual report by Miss Estelle Root, superintendent of Indian schools, shows manual training becoming a feature of education among Indians with satisfactory results. She visited nearly all schools, notes better teaching methods tailored to Indian characteristics, and reports permanent inclusion of cooking and home laundry in regular courses. School gardens expanded and more pupils gain employment in skilled trades, with a forecast of growing self support through manual training.
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Washington
Estelle Root
Denver Dry Farming Convention Called for January 24 25 1907
Governor Jesse F. McDonald calls a first general convention to advance dry farming in semiarid western regions. Delegates: governors mayors county commissioners chambers of commerce railroads and commercial bodies. representatives from federal and state agricultural bodies will attend. The Denver meeting aims to organize a broad interstate movement to expand dry farming and irrigable prospects in western states.
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Denver
McDonald
Cattlemen’s Convention
State Land Boards
State Engineers
State Boards of Agriculture
National Agricultural Associations
Transmissouri States
United States
Colo
National Irrigation Congress
Jesse F. McDonald
California Protest Denounces Roosevelt Japanese Policy
In San Francisco a mass meeting at Waltons pavilion adopted resolutions denouncing the President’s message to Congress on the Japanese situation. The speakers, including Mayor Schmitz and Walter McArthur, urged defense of state rights and warned of Japanese political influence, calling Roosevelt’s stance meddling in state affairs.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Congress
Metcalf
Walton’s
Walter McArthur
California
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Berlin
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William C. Anderson
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Chrismas
Cutting
Chicago
Frank F. Eillerbrook
Criminal Court
Ellerbrock
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Helena
Mont
Flint
Panama
Canal Zone
Kansas City
Interstate Conmerce Commission
Gilliland
Cuba
John Hamilton
Parsons
Houston
Henry Davis
Annapolis
Joseph Jefferson
Stonelly
Hermione Schenley
Pittsburg
London
Lord Ellenborough
South
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Life Saving Service
Coming Convent
Colorado State Teachers’ Association
Mrs. van Wyk
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